Increased television viewing is associated with elevated body fatness but not with lower total energy expenditure in children
Open Access
- 1 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 89 (4) , 1031-1036
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.26746
Abstract
Background: Television (TV) viewing in children is associated with a higher body mass index, but it is unknown whether this reflects body fatness, and, if it does, why.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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